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Merck and Liaison Share Insights on Leveraging Master Data Management During Free ITWorld.com Webinar Featuring Leading Industry Analyst Firm.


ATLANTA -- Liaison Technologies, a multi-enterprise business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G.

B2B - business to business
) integration service provider, in conjunction with its customer Merck & Co. and analyst firm Gartner, outline how organizations can utilize Master Data Management (MDM (Modular Digital Multitrack) An audio recorder that mixes and records multiple tracks of digital audio. The two major MDM technologies are ADAT and DTRS. See ADAT and DTRS. ) to ensure the integrity of business data, support lean initiatives and lower the costs of business transactions in a free webinar now available at ITWorld.com.

"Leveraging Master Data Management To Build The Foundation For Operational Excellence" features Bill Stolte, Senior Director of Information Architecture at Merck & Co.; Andrew White Andrew White may refer to:
  • Andrew Dickson White, American diplomat, author, and educator
  • Andrew White (cricketer)
  • Andrew White (musician), of the Kaiser Chiefs
  • Andrew White (missionary), Jesuit missionary
, Research Vice President at Gartner, Inc. and Liaison Technologies' Chief Executive Officer Bob Renner.

To register for this free, on-demand webinar, visit http://www.accelacast.com/webcasts/gartner_liaison/.

Using a case-study approach, the webinar illustrates how organizations leveraging MDM are achieving measurable business benefits that include:

* Higher operational efficiencies

* Reduced lifetime data management costs

* Highly effective system integration

* Greater business opportunities

* An agile and flexible business model

* Improved decision making abilities

* Improved share-ability of the core master data

Stolte shares his first-hand experience developing an MDM strategy for Merck. He discusses how Merck's MDM program contributes to the company's overall business strategy, what elements had to be included in the MDM strategy and how Merck is now moving from strategy development to execution. Stolte also shares critical lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid.

With years of experience as a leading analyst in the space, Gartner's White addresses the overall importance of MDM in today's enterprise and how leading organizations are using MDM to address business challenges. Listing major milestones needed to ensure the successful execution of an MDM strategy, White's recommendations are key to any organization considering undertaking an MDM program.

With more than a decade in the strategic and practical application of B2B infrastructure, Renner discusses best practices in MDM planning and execution. In addition, he talks about how Liaison Technologies partners with blue-chip companies Blue-chip company

Used in the context of general equities. Large and creditworthy company. Company renowned for the quality and wide acceptance of its products or services, and for its ability to make money and pay dividends. Gilt-edged security.
, like Merck, to establish an essential business case for creating and executing an MDM program.

"Sound data quality is vital as companies grow larger and more complicated, acquire and divest To deprive or take away.

Divest is usually used in reference to the relinquishment of authority, power, property, or title. If, for example, an individual is disinherited, he or she is divested of the right to inherit money.
 other organizations and view their customers and suppliers as strategic partners," said Renner. "This webinar is perfect for any organization seeking to use an MDM approach to turn its data into a competitive advantage."

About Liaison Technologies

Liaison Technologies helps companies transform themselves into real-time enterprises. Clients are able to maximize profits through shortened short·en  
v. short·ened, short·en·ing, short·ens

v.tr.
1. To make short or shorter.

2.
 time-to-market, improved supply-chain flow and synchronized syn·chro·nize  
v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es

v.intr.
1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous.

2. To operate in unison.

v.tr.
1.
 product information. More than 3,000 organizations have benefited from Liaison Technologies' managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.)
service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services"
, as well as its real-time transaction network, master data management and product information management solutions. Liaison Technologies Data Exchange Platform enables more than 4 million XML-based, real-time transactions per month. To learn more about the results Liaison Technologies has delivered for real-time enterprises like International Paper, Colgate, Weyerhaeuser Company, Merck & Co., Stora Enso


Stora Enso Oyj (NYSE: SEO, ) is a Finnish–Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company Stora and Finnish forestry products company Enso-Gutzeit Oy in 1998.
, and Unisource, call 866-336-7378 or visit www.liaison.com.
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